Part I: The Game Respected by all but only truly understood by few, chess has seen a remarkable rise in popularity over the past year thanks in part to the global success of the Netflix original series The Queen’s Gambit and the rapid expansion of the online chess community. It’s easy to let your imagination […]
Less than a ten minute walk from the quad was a photoshoot for the fall marketing campaign of Ouimillie (pronounced we-mill-ee). Ouimillie is a fully women-owned and operated interior design and fashion boutique based in Cambridge, and the boutique was started by Millicent Culter, pushing the focus of fashion towards curating small, local designers across […]
Two weeks ago I talked about the danger of tunnel vision, and how solely focusing on one end goal often causes students to lose sight of the big picture and miss out on opportunities to explore fascinating prospects. But there are two sides to every story. Will McQuiston ’24 is the student embodiment of hard […]
Pain is universal. This past year, pandemic and all, has brought on a new set of loss, discomfort, and growing pains that many of us are still trying to navigate. As busy Harvard students, it can be really difficult to take time out of our hectic schedules to reflect on the changes in our everyday […]
Though much of the first semester has already gone by, students are still guaranteed to ask the most typical beginning-of-the-year question—what classes are you taking? This attempt to get to know each other through our course load has become the new how are you? To forge connection, we naturally look for overlap. Bonding over shared […]
The Undergraduate Council has long waded into difficult territory in its aim to advocate for the students, but one of its recent moves around freedom of speech has attracted some controversy. On October 4th, the UC unanimously passed a resolution to review Harvard’s Free Speech Guidelines, a set of principles adopted in 1990 that outlines […]
Imagine you’re strolling down JFK Street and you hear a strange sound. You turn to your right, peeking into the window of the Hicks House, an unassuming little abode on the corner of JFK and South Street. What you see inside astonishes you. In one room, a small group of undergraduates sit in a circle, […]
Near the front of Harvard Yard lies a small, fenced-off pit, with a dirt pile that seems to grow every day. Most students walk by, give it a glance, and continue along, but for some, the nearby sign captures their attention enough to warrant a closer look. After all, it is not every day that […]
This year the impossible happened. The Harvard Endowment finally announced in a September email from President Bacow to undergraduates that it would no longer be engaging in partnerships with funds that had substantial holdings in fossil fuel equity. This announcement is the result of grassroots student activism that has been knocking on Harvard’s door for almost a decade.